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RaleighNCDUer

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Tue Jan-02-07 01:44 PM
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32. What, exactly, did Saddam ever do to us?

Ford undermined our justice system, emplanted the neocons in high government circles, covered up the truth about the Kennedy assassination.

How does Saddam compare? His army killed some of our military in defending his country against invasions we initiated, twice. His own army suffered, literally, 1000 times the casualties that ours did in Gulf 1 - 150,000+ against our 138. He was accused of sponsoring a plot against Bush 1, which was, suprpise, nipped in the bud and the plotters quickly executed. Anything else? Oh, that's right. He caused 9/11. :eyes:

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-Gerald Ford Robbed Americans Of Closure	eleny	Jan-02-07 12:54 PM	#0
- Yes, I would've preferred flannel. nt.	iconoclastic cat	Jan-02-07 12:56 PM	#1
- If you are going to make sarcastic comments about spelling	TechBear_Seattle	Jan-02-07 12:57 PM	#4
- Thanks! All fixed...	eleny	Jan-02-07 01:01 PM	#8
- K&R	ClassWarrior	Jan-02-07 12:56 PM	#2
- Good grief. Can we get past the Ford-bashing threads?	NaturalHigh	Jan-02-07 12:57 PM	#3
- To be fair, Saddam did this country a lot less harm than Ford did. nt	NCevilDUer	Jan-02-07 12:58 PM	#5
- Oh - I don't think so.	beaconess	Jan-02-07 01:08 PM	#14
- What, exactly, did Saddam ever do to us?	NCevilDUer	Jan-02-07 01:44 PM	#32
- I misread your post - sorry	beaconess	Jan-02-07 01:51 PM	#35
- This was my first thread on the matter	eleny	Jan-02-07 01:03 PM	#10
- The funeral has been on tv for days with so much praise -	lyonn	Jan-02-07 01:19 PM	#22
- Well said!	eleny	Jan-02-07 01:48 PM	#33
- "Class"? Like he showed when he pardoned the White House criminal?	aquart	Jan-02-07 01:05 PM	#12
- I commend you for having "no such pretensions".	NaturalHigh	Jan-02-07 01:12 PM	#17
- "Bashing." There's a word that's WAY over-used.	Zenlitened	Jan-02-07 01:06 PM	#13
- Please "zenliten" me on how it should be used.	NaturalHigh	Jan-02-07 07:44 PM	#64
- As another poster has already pointed out (see below), criticism does not equal "bashing."	Zenlitened	Jan-02-07 08:50 PM	#65
- I really don't find this "bashing"	paulk	Jan-02-07 03:20 PM	#49
- Thanks! I guess was supposed to wait a month	eleny	Jan-02-07 04:14 PM	#52
- I think it's an important topic, myself	paulk	Jan-02-07 05:15 PM	#56
- Thanks! And yes, we got tons of snow around here	eleny	Jan-02-07 06:06 PM	#58
- Class? Like he wouldn't even let Betty make up her own mind	MISSDem	Jan-02-07 03:31 PM	#50
- This is garbage.No one was as supportive of women's rights than Ford.	saracat	Jan-02-07 11:27 PM	#72
- You may be correct on what you are saying but	MISSDem	Jan-03-07 03:24 PM	#74
- It's not "classy" to deny treason and pardon high crimes	specimenfred1984	Jan-02-07 05:56 PM	#57
- Three war criminals eulogized him, Bush, Kissinger, Bush--that should give you a clue,	Say_What	Jan-02-07 06:06 PM	#59
- Is this GD: Funeral Parlor?	Moochy	Jan-02-07 09:16 PM	#66
- I agree with you. One thing that's irritated me about the "pardon" coverage...	phantom power	Jan-02-07 12:58 PM	#6
- That's been burning me up, too - the REVISIONISM by the corpmedia talking heads.	blm	Jan-02-07 01:01 PM	#9
- That's the problem	eleny	Jan-02-07 01:09 PM	#15
- I remember reading that article before	lancdem	Jan-02-07 01:11 PM	#16
- I think it'sone of the most important post 9-11 commentary that's been written.	blm	Jan-03-07 10:23 AM	#73
- Absolutely	eleny	Jan-02-07 01:04 PM	#11
- Ford destroyed an American generation's faith in justice.	aquart	Jan-02-07 01:00 PM	#7
- I can't relate to any of that rhetoric, either	eleny	Jan-02-07 01:16 PM	#19
- A correction	jobycom	Jan-02-07 01:14 PM	#18
- I understand about the impeachment process	eleny	Jan-02-07 01:26 PM	#24
- Closure is a myth. Its a psychological sugar pill.	cornermouse	Jan-02-07 01:18 PM	#20
- "Closure" aside, Ford established a precedent that presidents can break the law...	phantom power	Jan-02-07 01:30 PM	#25
- Please remember they impeached Clinton for the "serious" crime	cornermouse	Jan-02-07 01:36 PM	#28
- I reject Ford's premise that "instability" would have been the result.	phantom power	Jan-02-07 02:37 PM	#46
- It would have hurt the Republican Party	eleny	Jan-02-07 04:28 PM	#53
- Set a precedent?	NaturalHigh	Jan-02-07 02:04 PM	#36
- To my knowledge, he was the first president to break the law publicly...	phantom power	Jan-02-07 02:29 PM	#44
- I'm sorry for the losses in your family	eleny	Jan-02-07 01:42 PM	#31
- Nixon did do much more than Watergate.	NCevilDUer	Jan-02-07 02:23 PM	#41
- What the hell is "closure ? "	jaysunb	Jan-02-07 01:18 PM	#21
- We're a system of laws	eleny	Jan-02-07 01:33 PM	#26
- Ford did follow the law when he pardoned Nixon. It was lawful for him to do so.	MichiganVote	Jan-02-07 02:07 PM	#37
- I also pointed this out and said I had to gag down the pardon	eleny	Jan-02-07 02:23 PM	#40
- Exactly. And speaking of which, the whole concept of "presidential pardon" is a poisonous one.	phantom power	Jan-02-07 02:25 PM	#42
- I shiver to wonder how W will use this authotiry in '09	eleny	Jan-02-07 02:40 PM	#47
- You're 100% eleny	rock	Jan-02-07 01:23 PM	#23
- What would the media comments be if this were the Clinton funeral?	partylessinOhio	Jan-02-07 01:33 PM	#27
- I think it would depend on what Party held the presidency	eleny	Jan-02-07 02:43 PM	#48
- guilt, perhaps blame is a better word, for congress failing to impeach this time may rest with, of	flordehinojos	Jan-02-07 01:40 PM	#29
- I've ben thinking about Pelosi and putting "I" off the table	eleny	Jan-02-07 02:18 PM	#38
- interesting observation. thanks for sharing it.	flordehinojos	Jan-02-07 06:24 PM	#60
- Pelosi's meaning behind the "I" off the table remark	Capn Sunshine	Jan-02-07 06:32 PM	#61
- Thanks, CP	eleny	Jan-02-07 10:05 PM	#68
- Mr.Ford protected Mr. Nixon	Dyedinthewoolliberal	Jan-02-07 01:41 PM	#30
- Gerald Ford set one of the worst precedents in history	Warpy	Jan-02-07 01:49 PM	#34
- GHW Bush pardoned Cap Weinberger before he was ever indicted	eleny	Jan-02-07 02:27 PM	#43
- He certainly did	Warpy	Jan-02-07 03:36 PM	#51
- I'm right there with you, eleny .... for sorta the same reasons ....	Husb2Sparkly	Jan-02-07 02:21 PM	#39
- Hi Husb2!	eleny	Jan-02-07 02:36 PM	#45
- Nixon left a disgraced president and resigned - thats closure enough for me	dmordue	Jan-02-07 04:43 PM	#54
- I had closure.	Buzz Clik	Jan-02-07 04:47 PM	#55
- Humiliation was a fine substitute	Moochy	Jan-02-07 09:20 PM	#67
- Nixon's resignation was enough closure	KingFlorez	Jan-02-07 06:37 PM	#62
- It left many of those around him with still enough power to regroup and come back	blm	Jan-03-07 03:41 PM	#75
- If we don't get an impeachment or resignation, we still NEED an ammendment on pardons!	calipendence	Jan-02-07 06:54 PM	#63
- The whiff of corruption hangs over the Congress	eleny	Jan-02-07 10:08 PM	#69
- Since there are so many Republicans up for reelection in the Senate in 2008...	calipendence	Jan-02-07 11:13 PM	#70
- Agreed	eleny	Jan-02-07 11:17 PM	#71

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